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27%OFFDavid Eltis - Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade - 9780300212549 - V9780300212549
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Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Description for Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade Paperback. A monumental work, decades in the making: the first atlas to illustrate the entire scope of the transatlantic slave trade Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-century Culture & History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 189 color maps; 5 b/w + 36 color illus.; 61 color graphs. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 306 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1364.
A extraordinary work, decades in the making: the first atlas to illustrate the entire scope of the transatlantic slave trade
 
Winner of the Association of American Publishers' 2010 R.R. Hawkins Award and PROSE Award
 
“A monumental chronicle of this historical tragedy.”—Dwight Garner, New York Times
 
Between 1501 and 1867, the transatlantic slave trade claimed an estimated 12.5 million Africans and involved almost every country with an Atlantic coastline. In this extraordinary book, two leading historians have created the first comprehensive, up-to-date atlas on this 350-year history of kidnapping and coercion. It features nearly ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300212549
SKU
V9780300212549
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About David Eltis
David Eltis is Emeritus Robert W. Woodruff Professor at Emory University. David Richardson is the former director of the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation, and professor of economic history, University of Hull, England. Together, the authors coedited Extending the Frontiers: Essays on the New Transatlantic Slave Trade Database.

Reviews for Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
"A monumental chronicle of this historical tragedy, one that records some 35,000 individual slaving voyages, roughly 80 percent of those made. . . . [This book] is a human document as well as a rigorous accounting. It is filled with moving poems, photographs, letters and diary entries."—Dwight Garner, New York Times "A monumental chronicle of this historical tragedy, one ... Read more

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